The Cook Islands was within the New Zealand borders from 1901. In 1965, it became self governing but in free association with New Zealand. It is a realm country of New Zealand, along with Niue and ...

The Cook Islands lie halfway between New Zealand and Hawaii and are made up of 15 islands and atolls spread over 700 square miles (1.9 million square kilometres) ...

The Foreign Affairs Minister’s office is aware of media reporting suggesting the Cook Islands has backed down from its controversial proposal to introduce its own passport, an initiative that ...

“First of all, a demand to have a separate passport, so to speak, which would be dramatic in terms of our constitutional arrangements, and also the coming visit to China,” he said. Cook ...

Cook Islands' Prime Minister Mark Brown said on Thursday he had held discussions with institutions on marine science, climate ...

The prime minister's most contentious idea was for Cook Islands to issue its own passport, rather than simply using the passports of its former colonial master — a proposal he dumped on Friday.

However, he said the immediate area that the Cook Islands wanted help with was a new inter-island vessel to replace an existing ageing ship. Brown has backed down from his controversial passport ...

"These include the proposal for a separate Cook Islands passport, the Cook Islands shipping registry, and the lack of transparency by the Cook Islands in respect of policies and partnerships with ...

"First of all, a demand to have a separate passport, so to speak, which would be dramatic in terms of our constitutional arrangements, and also the coming visit to China," he said. Cook Islands ...

New Zealand's ruled out a dual passport arrangement. 1News understands that if the Cook Islands went ahead with its own passport, anyone who applied for a Cook Islands passport would be treated as ...